The City of Albany says it is about to start enforcing its revised ban on unauthorized camping on public property. The new regulations took effect one month after the city council adopted them on Aug. 7.
Cities face new mandate on river trash
Written April 21st, 2024 by Hasso Hering
As if cities like Albany don’t have enough to do, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is proposing to list sections of the Willamette River as “impaired” by trash. This will trigger new regulations under the federal Clean Water Act, and cities likely will bear the brunt of a new mandate.
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Tags: DEQ, environmental Quality, homeless camps, river trash, vagrant camps, volunteer cleanups, Wilalmette Riverkeeper, Willamette River
Tags: DEQ, environmental Quality, homeless camps, river trash, vagrant camps, volunteer cleanups, Wilalmette Riverkeeper, Willamette River
What you see on the Perwinkle Bikepath
Written July 30th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
One of my bike routes through Albany takes me along the Perwinkle Bikepath, and on it you can see different kind of sights, from wildlife to trash.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: homeless camps, Periwinkle Bikepath, Periwinkle Creek, trash, turkeys, wildlife
Tags: homeless camps, Periwinkle Bikepath, Periwinkle Creek, trash, turkeys, wildlife
Preparing Albany’s camp site for homeless
Written June 14th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
A bike ride Wednesday took me past the vacant lot at 503 Ninth Ave. S.E., where the city of Albany plans to have homeless people camp if they can’t or won’t go to a shelter.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: city camping sites, homeless, homeless camps, Ninth and Jackson, Oregon homeless
Tags: city camping sites, homeless, homeless camps, Ninth and Jackson, Oregon homeless
City’s homeless camp: Put it where?
Written May 26th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
Albany’s new city law authorizing officially permitted homeless camps passed the city council withhout opposition this week with one big question unanswered.
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Tags: city camps, city property, homeless, homeless camps, permitted camps
Tags: city camps, city property, homeless, homeless camps, permitted camps
Albany working on proposal for tent cities
Written April 4th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
Hoping to prevent or at least to reduce illegal camping by the homeless, Albany city officials are working on a proposal to authorize temporary encampments in certain places such as church parking lots.
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Tags: Emergency Transition Housing, homeless, homeless camps, illegal camping, municipal code, tent cities
Tags: Emergency Transition Housing, homeless, homeless camps, illegal camping, municipal code, tent cities
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Squalor on our streets: What must be done
Saturday was their deadline for leaving, and by the afternoon people seemed to be getting ready to move their improvised shelters from the state property near the Ninth Avenue off-ramp on Pacific Boulevard.
Tags: encampments, homeless camps, homeless solution, Ninth an Pacific, Ninth off-rap, ODOT property